H. T. K.
Jyoti MishraManual labour vs. hand job.
Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸@Jyoti I’ve often wondered how seriously polytheistic cultures took their gods and myths. Some of them obviously were very serious, but I look at our pantheon of superheroes and wonder if much of it was recognized as fiction.
Absolutely! And then there's always this monolithic representation of ancient / other cultures; they all worshipped the Frog God, Ribbitus...
Really? They ALL did? I know humans and I can guarantee, there were some awkward types muttering about bloody frogs or where's the heron god when they need him at the very back of the holy place.
@Jyoti Not to mention all the secret afrogists and aheronists who didn't even believe in animals.
ehehehh 😛
Moonslime
D. G. MarshallI wanted to write a sci-fi story about this, but I fear the retribution of the God of Copyright.
@davidtheeviloverlord @Moonslime @corbden
Naaah, dooo eeet!
"They spent millions of their currency on fanciful adventures for their gods of the 'MCU' and 'DC.'"
PJ "Vote Green" CoffeyI mean... having lots of images of an entity acknowledged to have no physical presence in the universe, spending actual money in support of them, knowing all their stories, thinking of them frequently and talking with others.
Evangelising about the joys of the above...
In that light there are some strange fandoms out there.
ersatzmaus
Mech Mouse
Borogove@mechmouse @Jyoti “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned” versus “Sorry, Daddy, I’ve been naughty.”
oh yesh!
👻™ supreme goblin 🐊@Jyoti Butt dial vs booty call
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.@Jyoti “bonding” vs. “bondage”
gulfie official@Jyoti tranquilizer vs pacifier
Georg Arne Spenden@Jyoti Once upon a time I was in an ice cream parlor trying to decide how much ice cream to buy. So I asked the guy behind the counter, "How big are your balls?"
The fact I'm German may explain but not excuse it...
The fact I'm German may explain but not excuse it...
This is beautiful! 
Turq@Jyoti
"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned."
"Sorry Daddy, I've been naughty"
RealGravitas -Citizen Saboteur@Jyoti puppy love vs doggy style
cryo2go :unverified:@Jyoti I mean, it's actually kinda apropos
EvilKiru 🇮🇸 he/him@Jyoti While Onan spilling his seed upon the ground is likely a fairly accurate translation from the original, it obviously refers to pulling out, not masturbating in front of his brother's widow.
L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ
clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛@EvilKiru @Mabande @Jyoti They figure you should be saving your seed for procreation. Every time you're wasting it you could have been making little Christians instead.
It's stupid, even evil, but not difficult to interpret.
BlueShiftNZ@Jyoti
Wise man vs Wise guy
Wise man vs Wise guy
Marian (she/her)@Jyoti "this lady" vs "this madam"
Dan Shick@Jyoti also “butt dial” vs. “booty call”
Ernir Þorsteinsson@Jyoti "father, I have sinned" vs "daddy, I've been naughty"
eyajpng@Jyoti @lunasspecto Conservatism vs conservationism
Who by avalanche who by powder@Jyoti See also: Butt dial vs. Booty call.
Geoff Berner@Jyoti I just learned that in Yiddish, you tell someone they can have whatever they want to eat by telling them they can have whatever they don't want to eat.
That's amazing! 😄
@Jyoti
This also exists in Hebrew as a form of emphasis (think of "you can have whatever you don't want" like "you can have what. EVER. you want". I guess we inherited it from Yiddish. Makes sense.
@Geoffberner
This also exists in Hebrew as a form of emphasis (think of "you can have whatever you don't want" like "you can have what. EVER. you want". I guess we inherited it from Yiddish. Makes sense.
@Geoffberner
Shinydan
WhichOne'sPink 🇫🇮
Daniel AJ Sokolov